Everyone loves an origin story. It helps us with understanding the who’s and the why’s. Perhaps in business, the origin story matters more.

In some respects I have two origin stories, you can take your pick of which you prefer. The first being in 1990 with the brutal rape and murder of a twelve year old girl, in my home town when I was just 16 years old. I would end up having known one of her killers. What I didn’t know then, was that I had begun profiling and ultimately identifying one of four men who would be found guilty and serve life sentences for the murder.

That experience taught me two things. That I didn’t need to pursue a career in law enforcement to solve the problems of the world and, that I had a talent for such things.

By the late 1990’s I had worked other murder investigations, profiled and resolved numerous stalker cases, and began work in high threat level Executive Protection for a Fortune 500 Company. In the weeks following 9/11 I abandoned a promising corporate career to start my own firm, Intelligence Services, llc in 2002.

The work would take me from Central America to Pakistan and into India. Whether it was a private client who needed sensitive items recovered, finding a loved one who had abandoned their family, negotiating the return of a kidnap victim or profiling dangerous individuals. The world taught me that if you are good at what you do, there is always work for you.